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Death-Penalty Bias

By Steve Hall

That's the title of an editorial in the Sunday edition of North Carolina's Winston-Salem Journal.  LINK  Here's an extended excerpt: The problems with the death penalty in this state have been underscored time and time again, including through three high-profile cases from other parts of North Carolina in which inmates who had been on death row were freed from prison. The penalty has been on an unofficial moratorium since 2006 as officials try to resolve questions regarding whether doctors should participate in executions. But with problems from past cases continuing to mount, a bill that addresses racial bias in death-penalty cases is timely.The bill filed by Reps. Larry Womble and Earline Parmon of Forsyth County would allow judges to throw out the death penalty in a specific case if they found a trend indicating racial bias in other cases...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 27, 2009 (boomark / email).